Category Archives: Competence governance
Exploring organisations are managing skills gaps in modern workstreams such as crowdsourcing, remote working, flexible working and accelerator programmes.
A new competence cycle for knowledge workers
For decades, the Competence Cycle of Learning helped explain how people acquire new skills. The [...]
AI use is opening up an agency gap that presents thought leadership opportunities
The strongest point in this year’s Worklab study is not that AI makes people faster. [...]
The discipline of depth behind better thought leadership and the “Five Whys” method
Most subject matter experts do not lack insight. What they often lack is the patience [...]
Learning in an era of lifelong learning, agile and digital transformation
If there is one constant in our current world, it is the speed of change. [...]
Personality types, job compatibilities and lessons from the horticultural world
Overheard: a conversation between two gardeners working in a local community. One weeds the flower [...]
Five takeaways from Andrea Howe’s trust work
Trust is the foundation of almost every good relationship. Whether business or personal, a solid, [...]
The knowledge management paradox – wildflower meadow or designed landscape?
Wildflower meadows and verges were everywhere in 2021. Many councils are chosing to seed verges [...]
Takeaways from the AI translators for communications roundtable
This week we sat down with Author Mieke De Ketelaere to discuss how AI can [...]
Re-framing opportunities: why thought leaders may want to coach their sales partners
One of the biggest changes in the world of work in the last ten years [...]
Demystifying artificial intelligence: why we need AI ‘translators’
Like it or not, artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more ubiquitous. Algorithms are increasingly being [...]
Six takeaways from Brian Souza’s The Weekly Coaching Conversation
On the face of it, a book called The Weekly Coaching Conversation is not the [...]
Quantum computing – the basics everyone should understand
There are two main schools of thought in physics: conventional or Newtonian physics and quantum [...]
Coaching vs. mentoring: finding the ‘sweet spot’
One of the questions that we are often asked is about the difference between coaching [...]
The tricky art of customer centricity
Famously, early twentieth century retailers Harry Gordon Selfridge, John Wanamaker and Marshall Field coined the [...]
How deep is your digital mindset?
One of the biggest changes for many people during 2020 has been the huge increase [...]
What ‘red teams’ can teach the agile community
‘War games’ are military exercises that are used to test or improve tactics and strategy [...]
Learning to re-learn: developing your coachability
Let’s start with a question: How hard do you find it to admit that you [...]
Why every (market) research project should start with a strong hypothesis
At school, if you studied science, you probably came across the concept of a research [...]
What every tech practitioner should know about the IFIP
IFIP is the International Federation for Information Processing. By its own admission, and according to [...]
Getting the most out of Skills You Need
Few of us these days have the luxury of ‘being sent on a course’ when [...]
It’s still about skills
A recent survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit found that 75% of companies surveyed were [...]
Is your data centre skills audit fit for purpose?
As part of the preparation for our upcoming Cassini Club Roundtable on skills, we have [...]
Using social media for employer branding
Social media is changing the way that we operate, both at work and at home. [...]
CIO Survey 2014: Optimism, importance and skills
An excerpt of a post published elsewhere. A link to the original is at the [...]
The rise and rise of the Chief Data Officer
You know there’s something important going on when a phrase appears with initial capitals. Like [...]
Entrepreneurs in Residence: Cisco re-invents support for start-ups
We’ve written before about changes to the landscape of start-ups. We mentioned the existence of [...]
In pursuit of perspective: Women’s Directorship Programme
Historically, there have always been far fewer women than men in boardrooms, and a lot [...]
Talent, the globalising workforce and telework
It is clear we are all working remotely more often. Better access to broadband, cloud [...]
Disrupting the start-up landscape
It seems hardly a day goes by without some new technology start-up being lauded as [...]